Harness-hanger.



PATENTED DEC. 10

P. HOP. HARNESS HANGER. APPLICATION rum) MAY 29, 1901.

WITNESSES A TTOHNEYS FRANK HOF, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

HARNESS-HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 10, 1907.

Application filed May 29. 1907. $erial No. 376.257.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK Hor,.a citizen of the United States, and aresident of the city of New York, borough of the Bronx, in the countyand State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement inHarness-Hangers, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The invention relates to devices for holding harness in suspension inengine houses, truck houses, and the like, and the purpose of theinvention is to provide a single piece hanger and a rocker for thehanger, adapted both as a rest and a release for parts of a harness, thehanger and accompanying rocker being so constructed that the breechingof the harness will be supported by the rear portion of the hanger andthe hames and reins by the said rocker, which is located at the forwardportion of the hanger.

It is a further purpose of the invention to so construct the device thatit will be simple and economic, and reliable in operation, and so thatby drawing down upon the reins the entire harness will be instantly andautomatically released from the hanger.

The invention consists'in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth and pointed out inthe claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the hanger and a harness supportedthereby; and Fig. 2 is an enlarged longitudinal section through theforward portion of the hanger and a side elevation of the rocker,illustrating its rests in supporting position in positive lines and indischarge position in dotted lines.

A represents the body bar of the hanger, and B a cross bar located atthe rear of the body bar and at right angles thereto, and these bars areeach in one piece, and are made tubular in the interest of lightness.The cross bar B may be attached to the body bar A in any approvedmanner, usually, however, a T-fitting 10 is employed for the purpose,and the forward end of the body bar A and each end of the cross bar B isupwardly curved, and said ends terminate in balls 11, so that when thehanger is carried upward after the harness is released therefrom, theends of the hanger will not mar the ceiling or overhead support. A post12 extends up from the body bar A between its ends, which post is shownlocated at or near the center, and may be an integral portion of thebody bar, but is'shown secured to the said body bar by a sleeve 13, thesleeve and post in such an event being integral parts. The post 12 isprovided with an eye 14 at its upper end, and a suspension rope or cable15 is secured to the post at the said eye, and

adjacent the eye the suspensioncable 15 is provided with an attachedball or other form of offset 16, whereby to limit the up- -ward movementof the cable when the harness is released from the hanger, the cablebeing provided with the usual attachment weight or weights.

The hanger is braced by means of truss rods 17, which are in the form ofbars, and are secured to opposite sides of the upper end portion of thesuspension post 12, and at their outer ends the said truss rods or bars17 are secured to the body bar A by means of clips 18, or theirequivalents. The truss rods or bars 17 extend nearly from the saidsuspension post to the ends of the body bar, but the forward truss rodor bar 17 is further removedfrom the forward end of the said body barthan is the rear truss rod or bar from the rear end of said body bar. Aweight 19 is attached to, or is formed around a part of the body bar Abetween the forward clip 18 and the forward end of the body bar, andthis weight 19 is adapted to counterbalance the hanger as an entiretyand maintain it when elevated in a substantially horizontal position. Infront of the weight 19 yet back of the forward end of the body bar ofthe hanger, a slot 20 is produced in the upper surface of the said bodybar, and a longer I This the hook formation illustrated, the curva-,

ture of both rests 24 and 25 being upward to a greater or lesserextent,and by preference the lower rest 25 is larger than the upper one 24, andwhen the rocker C is in locking position, shown in positive lines inFig. 2, the outer end of the upperirest 24 enters the body bar A throughthe lower slot 21 therein, and the lower rest 25 occupies such aposition that its vertical center is practically in vertical alinementwith the center of the pivot pin 23.

Rearwardly extending hooks 26, or their equivalents, are secured to thecross bar B adjacent its ends, as is shown in Fig. 1, and

these rear hooks 26 are adapted to receive rings 27 attached to thebreeching section D of the harness, and in applying the harness thecenter ring 28 of the hame D is passed over the lower rest 25, while thesnap 29 of a rein D passed through the said ring 28 is made to engagewith the upper rest 24. The weight of the forward portion or the harnessupon the lower rest of the rocker C will bring the said rests to theirnormal position, carrying the free end of the upper rest into the saidbody bar, as is shown in both Figs. 1 and 2. When the harness is to bereleased from the hanger the man at the head of the horse will simplygrip the suspended rein D and draw it downward. In so doing the rocker Cwill be moved so that both of its rests are carried to the dischargeposition shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, and immediately thehame andthe rein will leave the rocker and the rear end portion of the hangerwill incline downward, releasing the breeching of the harness, whichwill drop upon the animal, while the hanger will be carried upward outof the way in the customary manner. 7

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent,

1. In a hanger for suspending a harness, a body bar having a slottedportion, and a rocker having a body pivoted in the slotted portion ofthe body bar and provided with rest members extending from the body, theend of one of said rest members being adaptad to enter the slottedportion of the body 2. In a hanger for suspending harness, a tubularbodybar. having slots produced in its upper and lower surfaces adjacentto one end thereof, a rocker having a body mounted to turn in theslotted portion of the body bar,

and rest members extending from the lower I port-ion of the rocker bodyand located one above the other, the outer end of the upper rest memberbeing adapted to enter the slot in thelower face of the body bar.

3. In a hanger for suspending a harness, a body bar having a slottedforward portion, a cross bar attached to the body bar, means carried bythe cross bar for supporting the breeching section ofa harness, and arocker comprising a disk body pivoted in the slotted forward portion ofthe body bar, said disk body having an upper and a lower hookshapedmember extending from its lower peripheral portion and forming rests forparts of the forward portion of a harness, the end of the upperhook-shaped member being adapted to enter the slotted portion of thebody bar.

4. In a hanger for suspending a harness, a body bar having slots in theupper and lower surfaces thereof at its forward portion, a cross barattached to the body bar, means carried by the cross bar for supportingthe breeching portion of a harness, a rocker pivoted in the slottedforward portion of the body bar, which rocker is provided withhook-shaped rests, one below the other, the upper rest being adapted toreceive the snap of a rein and the lower rest the ring of the hamethrough which the rein passes, the said upper rest, when the rocker isin looking position, entering the lower slot in the body bar.

5. In a hanger for suspending a harness, a body bar, and a rockercomprising a body pivoted to the body bar, and hook-shaped restsextending from the pivoted body, one below the other, the free end ofthe upper rest when in closed position engaging an opening in the bodybar, the saidrests being carried to closed position by the weight of theharness and brought to discharge'position by the withdrawal of a portionof the harness.

6. In a hanger for suspending a harness, the combination with a body barin one piece, a cross bar in one piece secured to the end of the bodybar, the forward end of the body bar and the ends of-the cross bar beingupwardly curved and having rounded terminal portions, a suspensionmember extending from the body bar, truss members extending from thesuspension member to an engagement with the body bar at opposite sidesof its center, and a counterbalancing weight at the forward end of thebody bar, of a rocker pivotally mounted in the forward end of the bodybar, said rocker being provided with open rests for the reception ofparts of the forward pieces of a harness, and means carried by the crossbar of the hanger for temporarily supporting the pieces of the harnessat the rearthereof.

7. In a hanger for suspending a harness, a tubular body bar havinregistering slots in the upper and lower sur aces near one end thereof,the slot in the under surface being longer than the slot in the uppersurface, a

rocker comprising a disk body extending through the slots in the bodybar, a pivot pin extending through the center of the disk body andthrough the body bar below the central portion of the upper slot, andhook shaped rests extending from the lower peripheral portion of thedisk body and located one above the other, the outer end of the upperrest, when the rocker is in locking posilower slot.

tion, entering In testimony whereof I have signed my name to thisspecification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FRANK HOF.

WVitnesses:

CHARLES KRONENTHAL, CHARLES O. FENDRYCK.

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